Xbox 360 Gets USB Memory Upgrade

Xbox Live’s @MajorNelson let everyone know via Twitter and his blog that an Xbox 360 update is coming on 6 April that will enable you to use your own USB Flash drives on your Xbox 360 console for storage of profiles, saved games, demos, music and videos.

You can have 2 devices connected to the console at a time, enabling up to 32GB of simultaneous storage.

The system won’t just configure the device once it is connected to the console. You’ll need to head to the memory area in system settings, select your USB Device, and choose from Configure Now (Format and Configure the Full Device), or Customize (you can choose how much memory you want configured for Xbox360 from the free space on the device.)

He has also posted several screenshots on his flickr feed from the developers kit to show you what the new set up will look once you get the update:

Several months ago I updated from my original 20GB hard drive to a 60GB unit and have been pleased with the extra storage space but I still run with about 10GB spare at any given time. With this update I will be able to add up to 32GB of additional storage and increase it. I plan on then storing game profiles and saves on the USB storage and leave the main game files on my hard drive. I think there might be some room for DLC as well.

If your still using the old memory cards then this will expand your storage and give you quite a bit of room for all those extra items you want to have handy.

Let us know once you get that update on the 6th of April and how you plan to use the new space to store your stuff.

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6 thoughts on “Xbox 360 Gets USB Memory Upgrade”

this is awesome i went to gamestop today looking for a memory card and he said that i should wait until the flashdrive update which is soon and now i am excited to see that it is coming soon i just saved 40 bucks